2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Michigan

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Michigan” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 1,454 people earned their degree in engineering science, making the major the 205th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $76,473 and had an average of $22,601 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 31 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Michigan” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering science. That schools that top this list have a program in engineering science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Michigan”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in Michigan

1

Kettering University
Flint, Michigan

#4 overall quality in Michigan

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Kettering University landed the #1 spot on the list. Kettering University is located in Flint, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 masters’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 overall quality in Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Michigan list. U-M is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 2 masters’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicolás Pérez.